Mozambique 18 truck drivers arrested in Nampula – Watch

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Mozambique 18 truck drivers arrested in Nampula – Watch

3:08 CAT | 04 Dec 2020

Screen grab: Miramar

Eighteen long-distance truck drivers are being held in Nampula for allegedly organising a demonstration last Wednesday afternoon as part of a country-wide protest against what they say is poor performance by the police on public roads and lack of adequate working conditions.

It was a very intense environment. Traffic was interrupted on the EN1 at the entrance to Nampula city, that is, after the first control from Murrupula. Truckers prevented the passage of heavy goods vehicles until the police intervened.

The demonstration lasted from noon until shortly after 3:00 p.m., when the police intervened. After the arrival of the corporation, the protesters were hustled robustly into police vehicles one by one. Images [below] show how the police acted in the process of detaining the drivers participating in the demonstration.

Luís Vasconselhos, president of the Association of Land and Road Transporters of Nampula, considered the demonstration unnecessary and condemned the truck drivers’ behaviour, regardless of their work problems.

Nampula has 350 long-distance drivers, plying routes across the whole country.